Article share tools

NI Water statement

NI Water have issued

a statement that says fewer than 600 properties in County Fermanagh and County Tyrone are now off supply.

BBC

An alternative water supply is available at 4 Castle Court, Monea, and at Knockmore Road, Derrygonnelly, County Fermanagh - in the car-park opposite the Church. People are asked to bring their own containers to collect water from the static tanks.

Article share tools

Hoping for weather break

Ciaran McCauley

BBC News NI

Rathlin Island has been cut off for four days with ferries cancelled because of stormy weather. Michael Cecil, from Rathlin Development and Community Association, says islanders are hoping for a break in the weather tomorrow to allow at least one ferry through to resupply the island with things like milk and medicine.

Article share tools

Close encounter

Former Irish Prime Minister Charlie Haughey has been back in the public eye lately. Irish broadcaster RTÉ has been screening a biography of the taoiseach's controversial life. But what was it like for our political correspondent

Article share tools

Breakdown of speaker vote

The voting for the new speaker went like this: All 28 nationalists voted for Mitchel McLaughlin. 36 of the 48 unionists voted in his favour and eight others also voted to elect the Sinn Féin MLA as the